This very interesting creature clambered out of the bushes this afternoon as I was attempting to dig up a corner of the yard. It wriggled and moved like a worm, but as the picture clearly shows. it had none of the typical features of a worm. For one thing, it had arms and legs, and for another it had scales and eyes and nasal holes. And yet it was like no lizard I have ever seen. It was about 2-3 inches long, slimy, and quite energetic. Perhaps it was a salamander?After several minutes of stressing it out by putting it into a bowl and taking pictures of it, Staci and I released it back into the wild. As it wriggled away, it left it's tail the same way that lizards sometimes do. If you have any ideas as to what it is, please feel free to post your thoughts.
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